martha: that was ann romney on leno last night talking about her family's religion, her comments come as new reports are surfacing now that senate majority harry reid who is also of the mormon faith says he agrees with an opinion piece that claims that governor romney has quote, sul lead hi sullied his faith. according to an article he said quote he's coming to the state where a loot of them pwers with the lds church they understand he is not the face of mormonism e. was reportedly speaking in advance of romney's visit to nevada on friday. i'm joined now to talk about the meaning of all this with william mcnearn a former speech writer for president bush and also a columnist. welcome here today. what are your thoughts on all this. >> my main thought is consider the source. we have harry reid willing to say anything about governor romney's taxes and so forth with no evidence. and the idea that senator reid could accuse someone else of s sulleying the mormon faith is just beyond belief. martha: you glow back to other controversies over faith that have surfaced in the course of presidenti